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Rare color photos from 1930s-40s

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June 1942

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies.

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Feb. 1943

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee.

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March 1943

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place.

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Sept. 1941

"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Aug. 1942

Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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May 1942

Parris Island, S.C., barrage balloon.

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May 1943

House, Houston, Texas.

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ca. 1940

Southeastern Georgia?

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ca. 1940

Harvesting oats, southeastern Georgia?

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ca. 1940

Cabin in southern U.S.

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ca. 1940

Cabin in Southern U.S.

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Jan. 1941

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass.

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Dec. 1940

Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass.

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Dec. 1940 [or] Jan. 1941

Detail of industrial building in Massachusetts

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Dec. 1940

Sylvia Sweets Tea Room, corner of School and Main streets, Brockton, Mass.

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Dec. 1940 [or] Jan. 1941

Detail of industrial building in Mass.

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ca. 1941

Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Mass.

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Jan. 1941

Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass.

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ca. 1941

Industrial town in Massachusetts, possibly New Bedford.

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Dec. 1940

Skating, vicinity of Brockton, Mass.

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Dec. 1940

Men and a woman reading headlines posted in street-corner window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve, Brockton, Mass.

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Dec. 1940

Skating, vicinity of Brockton, Mass.

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Nov. 1940

A view of the old sea town, Stonington, Conn.

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Nov. 1940

Connecticut town on the sea, probably Stonington.

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Sept. 1940

Farm auction, Derby, Conn.

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Sept. 1940

Farm auction, Derby, Conn.

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Sept. 1940

Farm auction, Derby, Conn.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

On the ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Oct. 1940

A horse-drawn digger in operation on a (potato) farm run by a French-Canadian, Caribou, Aroostook county.

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ca. 1940
Southern U.S.

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ca. 1940

Georgia oat field? Southern U.S.

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ca. 1940

Cabin in Southern U.S.

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ca. 1940

Spreading fertilizer from 4-mule team wagon, Georgia.

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Dec. 1940 [or] Jan. 1941

Factory buildings in Lowell, Mass.

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Dec. 1940

Brockton, Mass., Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store.

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Jan. 1941

Lowell, Mass.

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ca. 1940

Street scene, possibly in Brockton, Mass.

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Dec. 1940

Children with adult in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts.

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ca. 1940

Douglas Shoe Factory, Spark St., Brockton, Mass.

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ca. 1941

Industrial area in Massachusetts, possibly around New Bedford.

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Dec. 1940 [or] Jan. 1941

Train and several sets of railroad tracks in the snow, Massachusetts.

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Dec. 1940

Men reading headlines posted in street-corner of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office, Brockton, Mass.

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Nov. 1940

Connecticut town, probably Stonington, on the sea.

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Nov. 1940

Connecticut town, probably Stonington, on the sea.

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Nov. 1940

Burning the autumn leaves in Norwich, Connecticut.

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Nov. 1940

A square with old houses in an old fishing village, Stonington, Conn.

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Sept. 1941

Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Poster for a side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

At the Vermont state fair, Rutland, "backstage" at the "girlie" show.

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Sept. 1941

Barker at the grounds of the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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Sept. 1941

Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

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